Window construction.



S. W. HORST.

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION Fl LED JAN.23.1914.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

TINTTED STATES PATEN T @ETTQE.

SAMUEL W. HORST, 0F LEMOYNE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 0E ONE-HALF-TO WALTER MERTZ, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 23, 1914. Serial No. 813,940.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. Honsr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lemoyne, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Vindow Construction, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to a novel and improved window construction, and relates more particularly to a unique means for mounting a sash within a window casing or frame.

It is the object of the present invention to provide means for mounting a sash within a window casing or frame, which shall eliminate with the ordinary wooden stops and parting strips, and which shall serve to effectively close the gaps between the sash and window casing, so-as to exclude the elements.

Another object of the present invention is to provide means of the nature indicated which shall permit the window sash to be readily removed and replaced, without the necessity of detaching any of the parts which normally retain the sash in position.

A further object of the present invention is to provide unique means for mountingthe sash within a window casing, which will permit of the expansion and contraction of the sash, as well as the window casing, without interfering with the sliding movements of the sash.

Another object of the present invention is to provide sheet metal sashways attachable to the jambs of a window casing in a peculiar manner, and with which the stiles of the sash are engageable in a unique manner, to ca rry out the functions desired.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in.the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made Within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a fragmental elevation of the improi'ed window construction, taken from the inside. F 2 and 3 are sectional views In the drawing, only a single jamb of the window casing, and a single stile of the sash, are illustrated, although it is to be under stood that the present improvementsare incorporated or duplicated at both sides.

The amb of the window casing has been designated by the numeral 1 and the outer and inner sills by the numerals 2 and 2 respectively. The respective or complementary stile of the sash has been designated by the numeral 3, and the lower rail by the numeral 4. The lower rail is seatable upon the outer sill adjacent the inner one.

It is of course understood, that the present invention may be applied to both sashes of a window construction, although only a single sash is illustrated and described herein.

In carrying out the present invention, the face of the jamb l is left smooth, with the exception of the narrow slots or cutshereinafter described, the usual stops and parting strip being eliminated. In lieu of the usual stops and parting strip for mounting the sash within the casing, there is employed a sheet metal channel or guide member 5 forming a sash guide or sashway to receive the respective edge of the sash, or the stile 3 thereof. The channel member?) is of a width slightly less than the thickness of the sash, and its flanges are relatively wide, the flanges being bent back or reflexed so that their edges project beyond the back of the channel, as at 6. The channel member 5 is disposed vertically, and the edges 6 of its doubled flanges are inserted snugly into spaced upright slots or kerfs 7 cut in the face of the jamb 1, in, order that the back of the channel member rests against the face of the jamb, as clearly seen in Fig. 3 and to hold the channel or guide member against lateral movement. The remote faces of the reflexed portions (3, are preferably flush with the faces or sides of the sash, as will hereinafter more fully appear. The channel member 5 extends from the sill to the upper end or meeting rail of the sash, the sash being slightly raised in big. 1, it not being necessary to continue the channel member above the sash, as is necessary where a parting strip is employed.

A sheet metal strip 8 is secured upon the outer sill 2 underneath the sash, by means of as at 11, to accommodate or cope with, the

respective end of the outstanding crimp or bead 10.

Strips 12 are secured to the inner faces of the stile 3 and rail 4 adjoining the outer edges of the said stile and rail, and the stile 3 is provided with the side rabbets 14: receiving the beads or crimps 15 of the flanges of the channel member 5 formed by the reflexed portions 6. The outer edge portionsof the strip 12 secured to the stile 3, overlap the inner bead 15, as seen in Fig. 3; The strips 12 are attached to. thesash adjacent the rabbets by brads, tacks, or other securing members 13 engaged through the strips adjoining their inner edges and taking into the sash, thereby leaving the outer edges of the strips free.

The lower rail 4: of the sash is also provided with an inner lower rabbet 14: for receiving the bead or rib 10 when the sash is lowered, the lower or free edge of the strip 12 secured to the rail 4, depending over the rabbet 11 of the rail 4 and being adapted to slide over the inner side of the bead 10,.so' that the bead will be snugly received between the rabbet 14 and the strip 12 of the lower rail and so that the said strip 12 will slip between the head 10 and the inner sill 2, when the sash is lowered against the sill.

From the foregoing, taken in connection with the drawing, it will be manifest that the channel members 5 will permit the sash to slide vertically in an efficient manner, the channel members being retained in engagement with the jambs of the window casing, by the sash, and it being noted, that when the sash is raised sufliciently, the same may be lifted out of engagement with the channel members 5, to remove the sash for any purpose. whatsoever. Conversely, the sash may be readily inserted'into the channel members or sashways 5. When the sash is removed, the channel members 5 may be withdrawn from the janibs of the window casing, in order that the faces of the jambs will be unencumbered for the purpose of painting, varnishing or otherwise treating them. The channel members 5 may be readily engaged with the jambs by simply inserting the wings or reflexed edge portions 6 into the grooves or slots 7, after which, the

sash may be engaged between the respective,

channel members. It is of course understood that Where a pair of sashes are em ployed, each sash will be provided with the channel members, the respective channel members being independent of each other, and no parting stri being necessary.

The channel mem er 5 is sufficiently resilient to yieldingly receive the stile 3, whereby the sash will be permitted to expand and contract, without interfering with the efficiency of the device, theyielding or resilient channel member also assisting in ex- Cluding the elements. These features are especially manifest, in connection with the strip 12 secured to the stile ard coacting with the inner bead 15 of the channel member, the free or outer edge of the strip 12 yieldingly engaging the said bead to assist in excluding the elements, and in finishing the window structure.

' The lower weather strip 8 secured to the sill is also of advantage, for excluding the elements when the sash is lowered, as will be clearly apparent from the foregoing. Particular attention is directed to the fact that the peculiar channel member as formed is in the shape of an I-member with the flanges at one side engaging the jainb of the window casing, and with the flanges at the other side receiving the sash.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a device of the class described, a stile and a sill; an I-shaped member comprising sash guiding flanges, and holding flanges inserted into the stile; a sash slidable between the guiding flanges and provided in its lower edge with an open sided recess; a strip on the sill and embodying an upstanding flange, the strip being adjustable transversely of the sill to permit the flange thereof to enter the recess and to abut against the sash when the latter is closed, one of the holding flanges being cut away to receive one end of the upstanding flange and to permit an adjustment of said flange toward and away from the sash when the latter is closed; means for securing the strip to the sill; a detachable angle plate; and means for securing the angle plate to the sash, the angle plate constituting a closure for the recess ialnd a guide cooperating with the notched an e.

Iii testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL 1V. HORST.

Witnesses V A. M. S'roKns, PIERCE W. BOYER. 

